Drafting Behind Truck at 60 MPH [Video]

Crazy cyclist goes 60 MPH on the freeway behind a big truck.

what? so he isn't holding on but actually cycling at that speed?

Mythbusters said not to try anything they do on the show.

On Thursday 8/25/11 - 2:15:03 AM mudassar wrote: what? so he isn't holding on but actually cycling at that speed?

yeah, he's just cycling, when drafting behind a truck on a bicycle it is actually very easy, just extremely dangerous.
Mythbusters did it

I knew a cyclist that died doing that...

i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.

now why did my phone do that?

I imagine he's using the slipstream caused by the truck. Reduced wind resistant so you can achieve higher speeds.

On Thursday 8/25/11 - 7:37:29 AM mudassar wrote: i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.

I top out at over 50 mph, without drafting anything (but definitely going downhill). Super dangerous, but if you draft off a large vehicle you can get going a whole lot faster.

I should also point out I'm not even a very good cyclist and my bike, as far as road racing bikes go, is kind of old and cheap.

Yeah, I agree with catchall. I was just the commissaire vehicle for a road race, and these guys hit 80 km/h easily on the downhills, not drafting off of anything except the guy in front of them.

He was feeling the need for speed.